The boy, who worked as a lifeguard at a California beach, was horrified to find that snake-like marks on his neck were hookworms. According to the medics from West Los Angeles Medical Centers, who ...

I'm referring, of course, to hookworms, the blood-feeding parasites aptly named for the hook-like heads they use to latch onto their victims. In the US, they're most often found in international ...

Hookworm ova were found in the majority of cases, and Strongyloides in some. In the latter, examination of duodenal fluid was the only method of diagnosis. The similarity of symptoms between the ...

From cholera to norovirus, Giardia to hookworms, the gut is vulnerable to an impressive ... the egg white protein ovalbumin (OVA)—in healthy mice using a technique called LIPSTIC (Labeling Immune ...